How Did Richard Trevithick's Impact On European Society

Richard Trevithick’s invention had many impacts on the town and industrial growth and the invention had major concerns on European society. Both positive and negative. The steam locomotive allowed the generation of power from a chemical source, burning coal to create steam and changing that into physical energy. This led to the increase of transport systems built around steam engine technology this extremely reduced how long it took to transport people and goods to distant places. Furthermore, it moved people from the agriculture life into cities severely which changed job the way they saw jobs. By 1861 2.4% of London’s population were employed in agriculture while 49.4% were in the manufacturing or transport business. Unmistakably the invention